God Gives His Best

“He is the Lord’s anointed.” 1 Samuel 24:7

Saul wanted to kill David, but even when Saul entered the cave where David and his men were hiding, and David could easily have done away with Saul, David did not harm him. David restrained his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed.” David knew he would be King over Israel one day, as the prophet Samuel had sought him out, and anointed him. But David wisely waited on God’s timing. 

Sometimes we can be impatient and take things into our own hands. Yesterday I was just telling this story to my three year old grandchild:

There was a young boy who witnessed the difficulty of a butterfly coming out of its cocoon. He pitied the butterfly struggling to get free so much that he decided to help the butterfly out by cutting the cocoon. He did not know that these beautiful winged creatures release a chemical when they are getting out of the chrysalis. Their pushing and pulling movements within the cocoon pumps the chemical fluid into their wings, and this chemical strengthens their wings.

Because the boy helped the butterfly, when it emerged, its body was swollen and its wings weak and crumpled. The wings did not expand and it could not fly. 

Sometimes when we take matters into our own hands because we are impatient and cannot wait on God, our plans and dreams do not take flight. When we pray, I believe God puts things into place, and we should wait on His perfect time. I know this to be true, because when I was young, I asked God to be the one to choose my husband and I waited on God. I knew that I could not know who would be best for me and I would rather not get married than make a wrong decision. God chose Luigi and we got married when I was 37 years old. Luigi is absolutely the perfect husband for me! God truly gives His best when we leave the choice and the timing to Him.